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Day: May 9, 2020

ABUSE AND ASSAULT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

However, there have been occasions where frontline policing teams and personnel from the custody suites have been subjected to abusive behaviour including threats of deliberate transmission.

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36 NEW DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS IN SCOTLAND

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

And, while about a third (34%) agreed they would still delay attending their GP or hospital, the figure was 45% before the NHS Is Open campaign.

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SALES SLUMP … SHOPS SHUT … OFFICES CLOSED

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

“We are selling fewer newspapers so those figures are down and of course advertising is adversely affected, so economically it’s not great for newspapers,” he says. “But the plus side is there’s a huge demand for news and especially for papers like The Times.

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VIRUS:FOLLOW THE LEADER, BUT WHICH ONE?

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

The Covid-19 crisis has brought Sturgeon hugely favourable personal ratings, whereas in Scotland Johnson has never been flavour of the month. (His Scottish party is now led by Jackson Carlaw, a pale imitation of the robust Ruth Davidson.)

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BONO’S BIRTHDAY. DOES THIS GUY THINK HE IS JESUS?

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

Bono is the child of a “mixed marriage”, his mother Protestant, his father Catholic, but his faith is essentially Bible-based evangelical Protestantism. This is part of what has made him both astonishingly effective as a political operator in the US on the one hand and such an ambivalent figure in Irish Catholic culture on the other.

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BRIAN WILSON WRITES FOR THE DEMOCRAT

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

It would be a major achievement in incompetence for the so-called “best” schools not to turn out far higher proportions of pupils with five Highers – the chosen measure – than schools which teach the children of the poor. So what exactly is being celebrated?

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Recent Posts

  • HMS Caledonia opens new Welfare Hub for naval personnel
  • Hospital money advice services – dedicated support for patients, families and staff when they are at their most vulnerable
  • Care is being breached for thousands of psychiatric patients, claim LibDems.  
  • New national compendium showcases rethinking innovation ecosystems for inclusive growth
  • Crown Office drops case against woman charged over anti-abortion protest
  • ELECTION: Change could mean a hat-trick of wins for the SNP

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HMS Caledonia opens new Welfare Hub for naval personnel

HMS Caledonia opens new Welfare Hub for naval personnel

RNRMC funding helps deliver a dedicated welfare space supporting serving personnel by Bill Heaney A new Welfare Hub has officially opened at HMS Caledonia, providing

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Hospital money advice services – dedicated support for patients, families and staff when they are at their most vulnerable

Hospital money advice services – dedicated support for patients, families and staff when they are at their most vulnerable

by Lucy Ashton Thousands of patients, families and staff across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) are being supported each year with money worries, thanks

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Care is being breached for thousands of psychiatric patients, claim LibDems.  

Care is being breached for thousands of psychiatric patients, claim LibDems.  

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the SNP “cannot be trusted with your health” as he revealed that

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New national compendium showcases rethinking innovation ecosystems for inclusive growth

New national compendium showcases rethinking innovation ecosystems for inclusive growth

by Charlotte Morris A new study from the University of Glasgow and the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Place Programme argues that understanding how

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Crown Office drops case against woman charged over anti-abortion protest

Crown Office drops case against woman charged over anti-abortion protest

Rose Docherty was arrested near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which takes patients from  Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire. by Lucy Ashton A woman who was

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ELECTION: Change could mean a hat-trick of wins for the SNP

ELECTION: Change could mean a hat-trick of wins for the SNP

Notebook by Bill Heaney Beware of what you wish for. The candidates for the Dumbarton seat in the Scottish Parliament all want change, but should

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DOCTORS AND CHEMISTS: Early May public holiday reminder

DOCTORS AND CHEMISTS: Early May public holiday reminder

Greater Glasgow and Clyde residents are reminded that GP practices and many pharmacies will be closed on Monday, 4th May, for the bank holiday. People

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Trump says his mother had a crush on King Charles as part of his welcome speech

Trump says his mother had a crush on King Charles as part of his welcome speech

US visit is under heightened security after Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Robert Jobson in Washington, DC, Holly Evans & Bryony Gooch Trump makes

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